Speedway owner: Drop suit

8:41 PM,
Jun. 3, 2008

Written by

Kevin Kelly
kkelly@enquirer.com

Bruton Smith has big plans for the Kentucky Speedway that include bringing NASCAR's top series to the Sparta track.

The chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports Inc., which is buying the speedway, repeated his belief today that a Sprint Cup race still can happen by 2009 if the track's current ownership stops fighting NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. in appeals court.

"If they could decide, maybe, 'Let's drop that lawsuit and put it behind us,' then I'm still optimistic on '09," Smith said. "So that's what I'm still hoping for. If we can get some agreement from the people we're buying ...